Everyone loves a great quote. Here are 50 great thoughts from some very bright minds. Exactly who said them has been lost to history!
1.) Achieving starts with believing in yourself.
2.) Any man who knows all the answers most likely misunderstood the questions.
3.) It's important to focus on one thing at a time. Even in the Roman times they understood this with their Proverb; "The man who chases two rabbits catches none."
4.) Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
5.) The best way to predict your future is to create it
6.) Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticise them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
7.) It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8.) May your life be like toilet paper... Long and useful.
9.) If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito!
10.) Success comes in cans, failure in can'ts.
11.) If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you!
12.) A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.
13.) Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
14.) The latest new dance craze is called, "The Politician." It's two steps forward, one step backward, and then a sidestep.
15.) If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.
16.) My favourite saying: A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort!
17.) It's all about your attitude... Some people complain because there are thorns on roses, while others praise thorns for having roses among them.
18) Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package!
19) There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.
20) The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground!
21) When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.
22) The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle.
23) Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them.
24) Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
25) I've learned that I should have told my Mom and Dad that I love & appreciate them more often than I did.
26) I've learned that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
27) I've learned one very interesting thing about money... it doesn't buy class.
28) I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with. It kinda brings you back down to earth again.
29) I've learned that life is tough, but I'm tougher!
30) I've learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
31) I've learned that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
32) I've learned that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
33) Did you know that opportunities are never lost? That's because someone will always take the ones you miss!
33) The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
34) Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.
35) No one is perfect... that's why pencils have erasers.
35) Volunteers are not paid -- not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.
36) Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?
37) Wake up and stop falling prey to the conditioning of the media and society around you. It's only those people who are awake that live in a state of constant amazement.
38) Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up.
39) Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out you still care for that person.
40) Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.
41) Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.
42) If you cannot help worrying, remember that worrying cannot help you.
43) Perpetual worry will get you to one place ahead of time -- the cemetery.
44) There are only two things to worry about, either you are healthy or you are sick. If you are healthy, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you are sick there are only two things to worry about, either you will get well or you will die. If you get well, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you die there are only two things to worry about, either you will go to heaven or to hell. If you go to heaven, then there is nothing to worry about. And if you to go hell, you'll be so darn busy shaking hands with your friends you won't have time to worry.
45) Don't worry if you are a kleptomaniac... you can always take something for it.
46) To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.
47) Bad habits are like a comfortable bed; they are easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
48) Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.
49) Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me.
50) The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.